Yeh but for aussie who have a "dont care" attitude the term "colony" gets worn like a badge of honor eg toughness, resourcefulness and creative. eg able to string together something with a tin can and bailing wire.
Sounds like a lot of Australian based startups I know that are rocking SF/NY with what they've built with limited funding. Cheers, Dean 212-203-4357 From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rai Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 9:47 AM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Need a new nickname to replace "Silicon Beach" Agreed. Colony sounds terrible. Rai On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Ivan Galic <ivan.ga...@gmail.com> wrote: As a non-Australian (currently living in Singapore), I find Colony to have a negative connotation. I hope you guys don't see yourselves as a colony anymore. Silicon Beach was emphasizing the positive side of the location, and I think that's a good direction to go. Just my 2 cents. On 5 Oct, 2012, at 9:03 PM, "Dean Collins" <d...@cognation.net> wrote: I can tell you that Americans wont understand Silicon "Gully" My vote would be for Silicon Colony as that would make sense to Americans and also resonates with the issues the Australian startup community are facing eg. isolationism Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Inc d...@cognation.net <mailto:d...@cognation.net> +1-212-203-4357 <tel:%2B1-212-203-4357> New York +61-2-9016-5642 <tel:%2B61-2-9016-5642> (Sydney in-dial). +44-20-3129-6001 <tel:%2B44-20-3129-6001> (London in-dial). From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Guilfoyle Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:48 AM To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Need a new nickname to replace "Silicon Beach" Silicon Colony ValleyDownUnder On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Alwin Chin <alwin.c...@gmail.com <mailto:alwin.c...@gmail.com> > wrote: Do we have to carry the silicon brand? How about something Australian like... Opal Valley? Lets just not perpetuate the Iron ore/fossil fuel export thing. "Iron ore valley"... Shudders Alwin On 05/10/2012, at 10:35 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiff...@gmail.com <mailto:silviapfeiff...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Silicon Sails? ;-) > S. > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Shane Greenup <sh...@rbutr.com <mailto:sh...@rbutr.com> > wrote: >> Silicon Dioxide? >> >> Shane >> >> ------------------------------------ >> http://www.rbutr.com <http://www.rbutr.com> >> http://www.ShaneGreenup.com <http://www.ShaneGreenup.com> >> >> >> >> >> On 5 October 2012 08:23, Alison Lee <alison....@gmail.com <mailto:alison....@gmail.com> > wrote: >>> >>> Silicon South? >>> >>> On Friday, October 5, 2012 3:06:32 PM UTC+10, Matto Rochford wrote: >>>> >>>> Folks, I wish it were otherwise, but "Silicon Beach" is not going to >>>> happen. >>>> >>>> LA is sometimes referred to as Silicon Beach and now this Reuters >>>> article: >>>> >>>> Rio bets it can be Brazil's 'Silicon Beach' >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/rio-bets-it-can-be-brazils-sili con-beach-20121005-273ei.html <http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/rio-bets-it-can-be-brazils-sil icon-beach-20121005-273ei.html> >>>> >>>> In a three-way tussle with LA and Rio to be rightfully and universally >>>> known as Silicon Beach, Sydney and/or Australia will not win. >>>> >>>> So it's time for something else like Silicon Gully or [Whatever] Valley >>>> or something else that alludes to Silicon Valley but with an internationally >>>> recognised Australian/Sydney flavour. >>>> >>>> Again, I wish it were otherwise. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >>> Australia mailing list. 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